From The Daily Mail-The Church of England is trying out a new baptism service which drops all mention of the devil and sin.
Instead of asking parents and godparents to ‘reject the devil and all rebellion against God’, it asks them to make a single broad pledge to ‘reject evil’.
Among other phrases abandoned in the experimental new christening rite are those referring to ‘the deceit and corruption of evil’, ‘the sins that separate us from God and neighbour’, and a promise to ‘fight valiantly as a disciple of Christ against sin, the world and the devil.’
The new service has been developed, with the approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, to provide a baptism service in ‘culturally appropriate and accessible language’, the Church of England said yesterday.
It was prompted by complaints from a group of churches in Liverpool that the wording of the current CofE version of the service has words that ‘do not connect with too many people’.
More here-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534375/CofE-removes-sin-devil-new-christening-rite-Rewrite-centuries-old-passage-casts-sin-ceremonies.html
No comments:
Post a Comment